Facility

Saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Tuesday. The pipeline said it would limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects to insure system integrity.

El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Sunday, saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was at maximum withdrawal.

Siding with the Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that the siting of Northwest Natural’s 62-mile South Mist Pipeline extension was done properly. The decision clears the way for major construction to begin on the $94 million project next spring with an in-service date of the heating season of fall 2004.

Siding with the Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled late last week that the siting of Northwest Natural’s 62-mile South Mist Pipeline extension was done properly. The ruling clears the way for major construction to begin on the $94 million project this coming spring with an in-service date of the heating season of fall 2004.

El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Tuesday, saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals. To insure system integrity, the pipeline planned to limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects.

El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation late Monday afternoon, saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals. “To insure system integrity, El Paso will place limits on scheduled volumes at interconnects that are underperforming,” the pipeline added. El Paso also said it has not determined how long the Alamo Lake Station’s #2 turbine will be down for unscheduled repairs. The outage reduced capacity of the Havasu Crossover 145 MMcf/d effective with nominations for Cycle 4 Monday and Cycle 2 Tuesday until further notice.

Saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Sunday. The situation was still in place Monday until further notice, the pipeline said. To insure system integrity, it will limit scheduled volumes at interconnects that are underperforming.

Taking the next logical step after receiving federal approval for its proposed LNG terminal in Baja California Norte (see NGI, May 12), Marathon Oil Corp. and its two joint development partners in the Tijuana Regional Energy Center project, Grupo GGS, S.A. de C.V. and Golar LNG Ltd, announced Thursday that they have entered into an memorandum of understanding to import three million to six million tonnes/year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 20 years.

Taking the next logical step after receiving federal approval for its proposed LNG terminal in Baja California Norte (see Daily GPI, May 9), Marathon Oil Corp. and its two joint development partners in the Tijuana Regional Energy Center project, Grupo GGS, S.A. de C.V. and Golar LNG Ltd, announced Thursday that they have entered into an memorandum of understanding to import three million to six million tonnes/year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 20 years.